Running costs

s0ck · 5 May 2011 at 17:22

If I could go back three months I could make bajillions on forex instruments. In other news, Dubai now has Gold vending machines!

Best of luck with the Porsche!

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 5 May 2011 at 17:34

Dr House · 5 May 2011 at 17:41

DM said:
Give us a stock tip

BARC, seriously at this level you cant go wrong. Trading range seems to be between 269 and 340 and its sitting at 275 now. So 3 pounds in a short period of time is not unluckily. Quick easy money and a safe investment because if they go down they will eventually go back. You cant loose lol.

FYI I have put my money where my mouth is and will add some more as soon as it is available.

[TR]SweetSpotOz · 5 May 2011 at 18:16

Peerzy · 5 May 2011 at 18:25

jigger said:
Problems I see.

The warranty company can refuse repairs.

He doesn't need the warranty anyway (Saves 2k)

He would rather not spend the 1k a month (He might have to)

27k gets a new car with non of them issues.

As already explained by Mark OPC is an official Porsche warranty, no third party or other company involved. I think you have to get all servicing done at Porsche but he'd do that anyway/

Surely with the OPC warranty and it only being 4 years old his running costs for the next 2 years are going to be the same with any car (tyres, insurance, fuel, servicing and tax).

After the 2 years can he extend the warranty or does it become a pain? He'll do about 8k a year so that one at Guildford would have 72k on it by then.

£27k buys you a new Porsche Boxster S?

DM · 5 May 2011 at 18:26

You can keep extending the warranty no problem, it just has to go through the 111 point check every time its extended.

Peerzy · 5 May 2011 at 18:33

DM said:
You can keep extending the warranty no problem, it just has to go through the 111 point check every time its extended.

Is that the £800 thing? Do they mind about milage/age or as long as it passes the check (surely get them to have a massive look over the car before it runs out anyway so you're aware of what's gonna be needed)?

I take it they start adding in excesses and you pay 50% once you go over a certain age/milage?

DM · 5 May 2011 at 18:40

Peerzy said:
Is that the £800 thing? Do they mind about milage/age or as long as it passes the check (surely get them to have a massive look over the car before it runs out anyway so you're aware of what's gonna be needed)?

I take it they start adding in excesses and you pay 50% once you go over a certain age/milage?

The 111 point check costs about 200 quid, the warranty renewal is about 800 quid a year on a Boxster.

You can renew it up to 9 years old (the car) or 125k miles whichever comes first.

There is no excess that i know of.

Westyfield2 · 5 May 2011 at 18:41

markyp23 said:
This is interesting. People said the same with RBS in 2007.

Since BARC was last trading above 300p, they have released their results (27th April), showing a fall in full year profits and there has been a big court case deeming essentially all PPI plans as illegal and refundable. This means big impairments for the banks (Lloyds today wrote down £3.2bn - pretty material if you ask me!).

Although fair enough, if its trading range is 269p to 340p mate then yeah....I guess you can't loose. lol.

What I've been told the other banks are gonna have to pay out about the same as Lloyds... and also that Lloyds are a good bet for the long-run

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Anyways, Porks...

Morba · 5 May 2011 at 19:06

For the long term lloyds are, shame I can't get cheap shares for them any more

Dr House · 5 May 2011 at 19:39

lol how much more can we take this thread OT

Simon · 5 May 2011 at 19:41

Osama. So did he die?

niftyfifty · 5 May 2011 at 19:42

The best earners for me lately were both oil related. BP's incident in the sea being one of them!

Peerzy · 5 May 2011 at 20:10

niftyfifty said:
The best earners for me lately were both oil related. BP's incident in the sea being one of them!

Great.

What are servicable things like on these? Tyres, pads, discs and the usual stuff he will actually have to consider?

Morba · 5 May 2011 at 20:13

Sorry peerzy

Anyway, odd that this thread has gone off topic loads and is open, yet a recent one had a couple of OT posts and was closed pretty quick..

Jez · 5 May 2011 at 20:14

Think you just need to make a new thread at the time peerzy, its quite easy

DM · 5 May 2011 at 20:33

Peerzy said:
Great.

What are servicable things like on these? Tyres, pads, discs and the usual stuff he will actually have to consider?

More expensive than normal cars, but its a Porsche

Nothing crippling unless hes tracking it every day.

jigger · 5 May 2011 at 21:56

He's doing 8,000 miles a year and has £1000 a month. He could probably run three or four Boxsters.

Dr House · 5 May 2011 at 22:20

Peerzy said:
Great.

What are servicable things like on these? Tyres, pads, discs and the usual stuff he will actually have to consider?

lol, but lets face it does your friend really care what a bunch of kids on a pc forum 80% of which have never owed nor will ever own a car worth 25k have to say?

On the other hand the rest of us are having fun watching and reading some of the rather cringe worthy posts which one may later look back on later in life when knocking back a nice glass of Camus Cognac Cuvee 3.128 and think to oneself did I really say that??

niftyfifty · 5 May 2011 at 23:14

Ive lobbed my Camus Cognac Cuvee 3.128 away for some £200 Armand de Brignac, fully knowing that its exactly the same Antique Gold which costs £40, yet with a shiney new label and endorsed by Jay Z, yet somehow my crassness tells me that it tasts 7.5x nicer...